Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
#11
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 314
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
I lost my two best goose hunting properties; one to the morning coffee drinkers watching me with binoculars ringing the necks of a couple that were not quite dead and the other to a large toll highway. In turn I hunt far less geese now so I guess I can make since of the dropping numbers.
#12
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
If this is in fact true, I find there are 3 main reasons as to why.
1. Amount of land avalible/Areas that you can access. With development increasing all over the country, the land that you can hunt is getting smaller and smaller. Sometimes, the public land is getting divided off and being sold, so as said, land is decreasing
2. Costs. Hunting isn't a very cheap sport, and our economy isn't helping it at all. Guns/Bows, ammunition, licenses, proper clothing, equipment, and GASOLINE. Not every person can afford all of these things, including the gasoline needed to get to the hunting land
3. Antigun/Antihunters. I see these people all over the place now. They preach about the "dangers" and "evils" of hunting. And the sad truth is, people listen, and they don't know about the truth, or care about it after the ideas are put into their mind.
1. Amount of land avalible/Areas that you can access. With development increasing all over the country, the land that you can hunt is getting smaller and smaller. Sometimes, the public land is getting divided off and being sold, so as said, land is decreasing
2. Costs. Hunting isn't a very cheap sport, and our economy isn't helping it at all. Guns/Bows, ammunition, licenses, proper clothing, equipment, and GASOLINE. Not every person can afford all of these things, including the gasoline needed to get to the hunting land
3. Antigun/Antihunters. I see these people all over the place now. They preach about the "dangers" and "evils" of hunting. And the sad truth is, people listen, and they don't know about the truth, or care about it after the ideas are put into their mind.
#13
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
Arthur, you hit it right on the head there. May I also add, we are living in the XBOX/Playstation "Instant Gratification" Computer Generation. It is far more satisfying and easier for our young people to "Play" then do something that resembles work like hunting. Unfortunately our culture has gone soft.
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
We've known for the last 20 years the number of hunters has been in decline. This is very old news. I think a lot of it is due to the unfettered access to our children that the anti-gun and anti-hunting forces are allowed in public schools, and the active opposition to allowing pro-gun or pro-hunting views being made available to them. Young people are being taught hunting is wrong and older hunters are... well, doing what we all do, eventually. They're not around any more.
We've known for the last 20 years the number of hunters has been in decline. This is very old news. I think a lot of it is due to the unfettered access to our children that the anti-gun and anti-hunting forces are allowed in public schools, and the active opposition to allowing pro-gun or pro-hunting views being made available to them. Young people are being taught hunting is wrong and older hunters are... well, doing what we all do, eventually. They're not around any more.
#14
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
ORIGINAL: LKNCHOPPERS
Arthur, you hit it right on the head there. May I also add, we are living in the XBOX/Playstation "Instant Gratification" Computer Generation. It is far more satisfying and easier for our young people to "Play" then do something that resembles work like hunting. Unfortunately our culture has gone soft.
Arthur, you hit it right on the head there. May I also add, we are living in the XBOX/Playstation "Instant Gratification" Computer Generation. It is far more satisfying and easier for our young people to "Play" then do something that resembles work like hunting. Unfortunately our culture has gone soft.
#15
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 314
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
My parents would not let me own a video gaming system and then in college when I could buy one I did only to sell it two months later, as I felt I was wasting too much time in front of the T.V.
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Posts: 885
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
I've heard a few years back the squirrel hunters where realy down . I guees with the cost of deer tags these days 24 or 25 dollars a tag i can see why deer hunting might be down .On private land i know some guys at work don't even buy tags just shoot them take them home cut them up that night . To be honest with you i can't believe they even admitt to it .
#17
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
I believe this to be a fact. In1999 they sold 263,377 adult resident bowhunting licenses in Pa. There has been a decline every year since.In 2007 they only sold 255,188adult resident bowhunting licenses. That's over 8000 less. I think that's a pretty big drop.
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
It is true that the older Hunters are dying off....but I have faith in the Youth Hunters of today because many of us that have been hunting for years are taking our Son's and Daughter's,Niece's and Nephewsout hunting to learn how to be a more safe and ethical Hunter.I have seen many Hunters taking their kids to learnin the Safety Hunter Classes and have also seen several Wife's out with their Husband's and Girl's out learning abouthunting with their Boy Friends....they are even having classes in School now about Archery too so hopefully we can pass our love for hunting and being outdoors to the Youths of today!
#19
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RAYVILLE,LA.
Posts: 818
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
ORIGINAL: magicman54494
The numbers are down. But so is access to land, unless you want to get out your wallet. Public land is therefore actually seeing more pressure. Which will in turn push the numers even lower.[&o]
The numbers are down. But so is access to land, unless you want to get out your wallet. Public land is therefore actually seeing more pressure. Which will in turn push the numers even lower.[&o]
#20
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Willow Springs, NC
Posts: 26
RE: Overheard numbers of hunters is down???
I just read in this months Petersons Hunting Magazine that they are trying to teach hunters/gun education in schools as an elective in West Virginia. I am 22 and am currently in the process of teaching my girlfriend how to hunt. She wants me to buy her a bow now...
In central NC there are still some great spots on public land to hunt. I killed an 8 pointer the year before last on public land and only hunted there 2 times last year because I am so busy with school and work. a
In central NC there are still some great spots on public land to hunt. I killed an 8 pointer the year before last on public land and only hunted there 2 times last year because I am so busy with school and work. a